DITES | Members of the Research Centre
We investigate the phenomena of digitalization, informatization and mediatization in the diverse fields of social services, develop scenarios for a realistic application of digital technologies and contribute newly gained knowledge, but also questions and challenges to the scientific, political and public discourse.
Head of department

Prof. Dr. Isabel Zorn
Main research focus: Participatory technology design, digital technologies in media education and social work, e-learning concepts, technology assessment from a media education perspective
- Room 224
+49 221-8275-3334
isabel.zorn@th-koeln.de
Research Coordination

Anna Schelling
Research areas: hybrid value creation (initiation, design and implementation of cross-corporate innovation projects); behavioural change in service design systems via design; taxonomies of co-creation
- Room R211
+49 221-8275-3170
anna.schelling@th-koeln.de
Members

Prof. Dr. Stefan Bente
Research areas: software and enterprise architectures for complex, socio-technical systems, the field of e-Government; slim and agile architecture management for such systems; collaborative approaches
- Room 1708
+49 2261-8196-6367
stefan.bente@th-koeln.de

Prof. Dr. Babette Brinkmann
Research areas: holistic management and new working environment
Areas of teaching: organizational and group psychology
- Room 335
+49 221-8275-3475
babette.brinkmann@th-koeln.de

Prof. Dr. Amelie Duckwitz
Research areas: Social Media, User Experience and Transcultural Communication
- Room B5.425
+49 221-8275-3873
amelie.duckwitz@th-koeln.de

Prof. Dr. Carmen Kaminsky
Research areas: applied ethics; normative theories of social work
Areas of teaching: ethics; social philosophy; science of social work
- Room 143
+49 221-8275-3605
carmen.kaminsky@th-koeln.de

Prof. Dr. Christian Kohls
Research areas: socio-technical design patterns (e-learning, educational patterns etc.), community design and participatory design methods; application development for group innovation processes
- Room 1.117
+49 2261-8196-6353
christian.kohls@th-koeln.de

Prof. Dr. Hans-Günter Lindner
Research areas: system-theoretical analysis of human factors in business processes (cybernetics, business analytics, human resources und process-simulation to measure intangible values, etc.)
- Room 104
+49 221-8275-3427
hans-guenter.lindner@th-koeln.de

Prof. Dr. Petra Werner
Research areas: editorial concepts and strategies for digital media; usability; media usage and reception
- Room 430
+49 221-8275-3373
petra.werner@th-koeln.de

Prof. Dr. Ivonne Preusser
Research areas: Customer emotions & employee engagement, customer-centered corporate management, leadership, corporate culture / customer climate
+49 221-8275-3850
ivonne.preusser@th-koeln.de

Dr. Philip Roth
Research areas: Organization, digitalization & inequality research, transformation of collaboration, formation & impact of relationship networks, methods of empirical social research
- Room 211
+49 221-8275-5432
philip.roth@th-koeln.de
Prof. Birgit Mager
Research areas: hybrid value creation (initiation, design and implementation of cross-corporate innovation projects); behavioural change in service design systems via design; taxonomies of co-creation
+49 221-8275-3220
birgit.mager@th-koeln.de
Associated Members

Baptiste Egelhaaf M.A.
Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences: Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences
Bielefeld University: Faculty of Social Sciences
+49 211-4351-3430
baptiste.egelhaaf@hs-duesseldorf.de
Prof. Dr. jur. Claus Richter
University of Applied Sciences Potsdam: Professor of law with a focus on civil law, in particular family law and child and youth welfare law
- Room Haus 5 | Raum 008
+49 331580-4149
claus.richter@fh-potsdam.de
Prof. Dr. phil. Udo Seelmeyer
University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld: Faculty of Social Work, Department of Social Work Science
- Room B 231
+49 521-106-70542
udo.seelmeyer@hsbi.de
Dr. Scarlett La Shea Schaffrath (ehem. Siebert)
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